Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Vegans Have A Beef With Meaty Words

Many vegans would like to cleanse the English language of
vile phrases like “bringing
home the bacon.” Expressions such as “the meat of the matter,” “meat
market,” and “meat and potatoes” are right out, as well. And don’t even think
of saying “beef up,” “what’s your beef,” or “where’s the beef,” of Wendy’s fame
circa the 1980s.

Has
meat met its match? Vegans certainly have a beef with beef.

We more traditional types may not
like political correctness or
“pork-barrel-spending,” but we almost always chicken out in the face of
progressive attacks. After all, it is hard to stop being pathetically
accommodating cold-turkey.

As the article I’ve linked to
noted, George Orwell once said, “If you can control the language people are
allowed to use, you can control their minds.” That is precisely what
progressives have been trying to do on college campuses-- and elsewhere-- often
to great effect.

Daily Trivia Quiz Answer

Today's Answer: Andrew Jackson. ("Poll" got so worked up before the service he apparently had to be removed from the premises, as he was cussing long and loud).

Q) What words appear on the front of the penny, nickel, dime and quarter, alongside the likeness of presidents?

A) "Liberty" and "In God We Trust"

An Ode To Life

Appreciate all you have, as it- and you- will soon be gone. Leave no heartfelt words unspoken, no sweet gesture incomplete, no act of love undone. Love your spouse with passion and abandon, your kids with patience and understanding but also a firm guidance. Love also the truth, no matter how hard. If pursued by enough people with enough courage, it really will set us free.

And don't forget, we didn't ask to be born. We didn't create ourselves. We are not gods. There is a higher power.

Fireworks of the Mind

Write It Up

Whence Shall Come Another?

True Then, True Now

"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."- Winston Churchill

Time Well Wasted

The power lies within your hands To do with what you may But the hourglass is filled with sands Of endless yesterdays